Faculty Profiles

Pence, C. J. (n.d.). “An Antithetical Anti-Hero: How Taylor Swift Is a Wordsmith of Reversals.” In Elizabeth Scala (Ed.), The Eras Reader. London, England: Routledge Press.

Pence, C. J. (2025, October 15). “Asphalt Bobbling like Apples.” Academy of American Poets Magazine.

Pence, C. J. (2025, April 17). “Poetry as Resistance: Teaching Poetry to Justice-Involved Youth.” Poets.Org. New York, NY. Retrieved from https://poets.org/text/poetry-resistance-teaching-poetry-justice-involved-youth

Pence, C. J. (2025). "Finding Our Way Again: An Essay on the Carters’ Memoir: Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life". In M. West (Ed.), The Literary Legacy of Jimmy Carter: Essays on the President’s Books (pp. 43–55). Rowman & Littlefield.

Pence, C. J. (2025, January). “What to Do When an Estranged Parent Dies: A Checklist.” Notre Dame Review.

Pence, C. J. (2024, September 1). “How We Tried—And Failed—To Get Our Kids More Outside Time During the Day.” Slate. Retrieved from https://slate.com/life/2024/09/indoor-recess-legal-punishment-school.html

Pence, C. J. (2024, April 2). “Diamonds in the Gravel.” The New York Times.

Pence, C. J. (2023). “Sting Ray Valentine.” In The Southern Poetry Anthology, vol. X: Alabama. Texas Review Press.

Pence, C. J. (2022, April). “Date Night with Sunset and Spouse.” Epoch.

Pence, C. J. (2021, August). “As a Child, You Worried You Would Be an Orphan.” Poetry Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/156075/as-a-child-you-worried-you-would-be-an-orphan

Pence, C. J. (2020). Code. New York: NY, U.S.A.: Black Lawrence Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/pj8b8wy6

Pence, C. J. (2015). Many Small Fires (p. 108). New York, NY, USA: Black Lawrence Press. Retrieved from https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/many-small-fires/

Pence, C. J. (2012). The Branches, the Axe, the Missing (p. 28). New York, NY, USA: Black Lawrence Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/TheBranchesTheAxe

Pence, C. J. (2012). The Poetics of American Song Lyrics (p. 312). Jackson, MS, USA: University Press of MIssissippi. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/PoeticsofSongLyrics

Pence, C. J. (2011). Weaves a Clear Night (p. 32). USA: Flying Trout Press.

Pence, C. J. (2004). The Writer’s Path: Creative Exercises for Meaningful Essays (p. 162). Dubuque, IA, USA: Kendall Hunt. Retrieved from https://www.amazon.com/WRITERS-PATH-CREATIVE-EXERCISES-MEANINGFUL/dp/0757510868/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FSHKZK9GVMS7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Lo0PV1QYS-GmA4FCRvnWgKrCU60p8FcXbnSB-upIOKNS_rZIRyy27Y9U3TX4sfukFuj7BNUwmX8mvK8edha-IrYj5Ose4mBv50xgDay2vKXAh1ZuRx8D0pjD_ttkNsiN-eTQ6oLzYdfg7-YcqRn9jXar0rs-jMX5u9jllnTGH89o6hqo22lLpXJImZ8Nhs6hE5GfSS5cxNw_iLpLVR14-BYcyshpQmTET4lyS9zs13o.z_uwpqQ450R9T4d4zswwThICWzEgkF4uE68bU6WnU5g&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+writer%27s+path+creative+exercises&qid=1756751985&sprefix=the+writer%27s+path+creative+exercises%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1

Pence, C. J. (2003, October). “After a Break-Up.” Greensboro Review.